Anapus futbolo aikštės

This book is the memoirs of Ingvaras Butautas - a legendary fan of Žalgiris (Vilnius), long-time leader of PIETŲ IV, better known by his nickname - Storas, who has more than 700 away trips for his favorite club (37 of them he made back in Soviet times) and the Lithuanian national football team. In them he recalls his first trip to the stadium; interesting trips in Soviet times - Minsk, Baku, Yerevan, Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk; the first European away game, which took place in the 1/16 finals of the UEFA Cup in Belgrade against Crvena zvezda; memorable fights in Vilnius against visiting fans of Zenit, Spartak and CSKA; the long-term feud between the green-whites and Minsk; friendship with fans of Atlantas (Klaipėda) and Dynamo (Kyiv); trips to Kyiv and Lviv for fights against the enemies of Kyiv residents; the mentality and internal cuisine of PIETŲ IV at the end of the 80s; the main difference between Lithuanian fans and everyone else in the USSR and the attempts of the hated Soviet government to curb the fans by establishing control over them; the collapse of the Soviet Union and the subsequent decline of football and the fan movement in Lithuania; trips to the national team, which at that time were a real outlet for all Lithuanian fans; relationships between Žalgiris ultras and fans of other clubs; countless adventurous trips around Lithuania, which regained its independence in 1990, and throughout Europe; and, like a finale with a happy ending - saving the native club from extinction. By purchasing this book from us, you will receive a 24-page brochure with rare archival photographs of Žalgiris (Vilnius) fans from the 80s, many of which were printed for the first time.